WEBVTT >> LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO TWO OF ITS OWN BEGAN CLAREMONT POLICE DROPPED 20 CASES THAT INVOLVED OFFICERS IAN KIBBE AND MARK BURCH. >> WE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO REVIEW THE CASES OF THE OFFICERS WHO ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED WIT US. >> ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE KIBBIE AND BURCH ALLEGEDLY FALSIFIED DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO A SEARCH THAT HAPPENED IN LATE FEBRUARY. KIBBIE WAS CHARGED WITH PERJUR BUT BURCH HAS NOT BEEN. CHIEF MARK CHASE SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED WHETHER THE OFFICERS INVOLVEMENT IN ONGOING CASES COULD GO FORWARD WITHOUT KIBBIE AND BURCH’S TESTIMONY. >> THESE CASES THAT I FOUND HAD EVIDENCE WHERE THE OFFICERS WHO ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED WOULD HAVE HAD TO SUPPLY EVIDENCE TO THE COURT AND WE CAN’T USE THEM AT THIS POINT SO WE HAD TO G RID OF THEM. >> CHIEF CHASE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO REVIEWING CASES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRIED BUT WOULD NOT SPECIFY WHETHER THOSE OFFICERS TESTIMONY COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO CONVICTIONS. HOWEVER, ATTORNEY KIRSTEN WILSON SAYS IT’S POSSIBLE THESE DEVELOPMENTS COULD BE GROUNDS FOR DEFENDANTS TO SEEK AN APPEAL >> WHEN AN OFFICER IS ON THE STAND AND TESTIFYING ON WHAT HE SAW, WHAT HE OBSERVED, WHAT HE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, AND NOW THAT IS ENTIRELY CALLED INTO QUESTION IN EVERY CASE THAT THESE TWO OFFICERS HAVE TOUCHED. >> CHIEF CHASE BELIEVES AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASES DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION IT WILL SHOW THAT HIS DEPARTMENT ACTED QUICKLY A JUSTLY. HOPEFULLY IT GIVES THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF TRUST THAT WE’RE DOING WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT THEY BELIEVE WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO BEF